In the News

Sunlight Benefits Psoriasis Sufferers

Friday, June 5, 2009
By Dr. John Briffa Vitamin D is made in the skin in response to sunlight, so one question we might ask is whether vitamin D might also somehow promote skin health. One piece of indirect evidence that supports this concept relates to the experience that many sufferers of the skin condition psoriasis have in the sun.… continue reading

How Safe Is Sunscreen?

Friday, June 5, 2009
Susan MacVittie Green Muze – Salt Spring Island,British Columbia,Canada Sunscreen has been touted for several decades as an essential protector from the sun’s burning rays and the advent of skin cancer, but some Canadian dermatologists say incidence rates for all types of skin cancer have doubled in the last 20 years.… continue reading

Teens And Tans

Wednesday, June 3, 2009
Health Unit Works With Area High School Students to Change Teen Attitudes Towards Tanning ‘You’re not a piece of meat. Why act like one?’ These words appear on a poster, above a picture of a hamburger under a heat lamp. This poster, created with the input of high school students in Cobourg and Haliburton County, compares “cooked meat” to what young people are doing to their bodies when they insist on tanning, says Public Health Nurse Karen Taylor.… continue reading

Pregnancy and Vitamin D

Wednesday, June 3, 2009
This is a periodic newsletter from the Vitamin D Council, a non-profit trying to end the epidemic of vitamin D deficiency. If you are not subscribed, you can do so on the website. If you want to unsubscribe, go to the end of this newsletter.… continue reading

SMART TAN’S 2009 INDOOR TANNING CONVENTION & TRADE SHOW

Wednesday, June 3, 2009
Conference Headlines Indoor tanning is on the cusp of its next boom, and the smartest tanning business owners will be positioned to be a part of it. Making sure you’re one of them is what Smart Tan’s 14th Annual Convention and Trade Show – Smart Tan Downtown – is all about.… continue reading

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